Christchurch first-home buyers are being forced to seek their dream homes in suburbs they once shunned because of rising house prices.

North Shore City Council has decided potentially contaminated sites should be recorded on all Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports.

One of the most common questions from people considering a family trust is, "Should I put my company into my trust?"

A fresh surge in house prices took economists by surprise yesterday and raised fears of another round of mortgage interest rate rises.

Q. I have fallen in love with a country property, which is my dream-place for my retirement. I am single, and intend to work for only another five years, owing to age. I earn a little over $100,000 a year. My present house is mortgage-free and worth in the low to middle $500,000s before the agent fee is deducted.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.’s New Zealand branch is continuing to lose market share in the mortgage market, although its December quarter disclosure document makes it appear worse than it is.

National Bank's decision to stop paying mortgage brokers trail commissions from June is likely to be counterproductive, says New Zealand Mortgage Brokers Association chairman Geoff Bawden.

National Bank will be cutting its trail commissions paid to mortgage brokers from June, the bank confirmed today.

Real Estate Institute says million-dollar properties are doing well in Queenstown, but cheaper properties are not

Press Release: ASB Bank

Rent increases and packed properties have lifted Property For Industry's revenues 9 per cent to just over $6 million in the three months to March 31.

A record level of investors expect better returns this year than last year, after near-70 per cent gains from shares and property in recent years.

Pressure is mounting for New Zealanders to get the kind of protection from bad financial advice that consumers get overseas.

Competition is keeping a lid on the size of mortgage repayments, despite increase in floating rates

There's a fundamental difference between investing in shares and property, a reader says in an email.

ING today issued a formal takeover notice for Urbus, which if successful would create the country's second-largest listed property trust, with a market capitalisation of about $550 million.